UPS Settles Lawsuit Filed by Whistleblower
March 16, 2008 – 8:02 pmDocuments recently filed show UPS is taking steps to settle a lawsuit filed by a mechanic for the company who complained about unsafe UPS trucks. The mechanic, having found cracked or rusted frames on at least four UPS trucks, removed inspection certifications for those trucks and was fired four days later for “falsification of company and legal documents, poor workmanship in the repairs you [the employee] made to the vehicles and failure to follow methods and procedures.” The lawsuit had prompted an investigation by the attorney general to determine if the company deliberately kept unsafe trucks on the road.
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